Course Description
Introduction to Digital Character Design
Learn how to design engaging characters for your own creative visual projects in this free online digital art course. Good character design is key to visual storytelling as audiences connect with narrative through characters they care about. This course explains how to add details that lend personality to your characters. Whether you are a graphic artist, animator or illustrator, we teach you how to create iconic characters defined by visually stimulating attributes. Master the creative tools required to sharpen your use of shape language to create digital art.
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| Training Provider | Alison |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Outline the fundamental principles and key components of character design • Recognise the importance of line exercises in character arts • Explain how to create sketches, drawings and illustrations with graphic software • Describe the fundamentals of shape and form and apply them to character design • Discuss the relevance of perspective, detailing and positioning in art • Recall the techniques for colouring and shading shapes |
| Course Code | 5324 |
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